Re: FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists

We only use one database, not counting the
built-in template databases.  The server is
running 9.1.3.  We were running 9.1.1 until
fairly recently.

We are still getting set up to test this on

non-virtual hardware, but hope to have results
from that in a few hours or less.

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From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mark Dilger <markdilger(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: deepak <deepak(dot)pn(at)gmail(dot)com>; Alban Hertroys <haramrae(at)gmail(dot)com>; "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists

Mark Dilger <markdilger(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> We do not use tablespaces at all.

[ scratches head... ]  If you aren't using any tablespaces, there should
be only *one* pgsql_tmp directory, which makes this even more confusing.

(Unless you're using a pre-8.3 release, in which case there would be one
per database, so maybe if you've got hundreds/thousands of databases in
the cluster that would explain it.  But I sure hope you're not still
using pre-8.3, especially not on Windows.)

            regards, tom lane